universal layout
Since moving upstate I’ve been using my library a ton. The catalog is online and inter-library loan means I can request books from throughout the region and then walk a block to pick them up. No months of waiting followed by hours of heavy schlepping on the subway. I am liking the country life.
I’ve been devouring my way through unabridged recorded books (secret sanity-preservers for those of us who work with our hands) as well as glossy, gorgeous books on home improvement, knitting, baking, and of course gardening.
I was a little disappointed with Designing the New Kitchen Garden by Jennifer Bartley. I think she shot most of her pictures on overcast days and they are not quite as yummy as I’d like.
Then I turned the page and saw this.
Look familiar?!
I’ve never seen the book before; I designed my layout over the winter, doodling variations on graph paper.
My raised beds and the ones in the book are the same shape, the same width and length. The only differences are that my layout allows more room at the entrances and between the outer and inner beds so you can get a wheelbarrow through easily, and I have a path around the perimeter.
Jung’s theory of the universal unconscious is looking good to me. Patterns seem to be out there, waiting for us to reach out and find them.
November 3rd, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Yes! And I love how patterns or synchronous events only appear when I am truly connected to myself, following my own path. Great motivation for me to stay on the path.
Beautiful garden. What’s in the mini hoop houses?
February 27th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
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